Encore! Living Behind the Mask (review)
03/15/23 • 21 min
My wife and I found that this subject is one those that impacts the relationship dynamic in almost every encounter. We felt this was important enough to review and then talk about how this effects the Neurodiverse relationship.
"Masking" is one of the many ways that those of us on the Spectrum hide ourselves from others. We try to hide our autistic tendencies so that people in the Neurotypical world see us as one of them. It's a method of acceptance we have been doing most of our lives with varying degrees of success.
Todays visit we talk about how masking manifests itself. We also visit some troublesome ideas and some ways to stop masking and just be ourselves.
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My wife and I found that this subject is one those that impacts the relationship dynamic in almost every encounter. We felt this was important enough to review and then talk about how this effects the Neurodiverse relationship.
"Masking" is one of the many ways that those of us on the Spectrum hide ourselves from others. We try to hide our autistic tendencies so that people in the Neurotypical world see us as one of them. It's a method of acceptance we have been doing most of our lives with varying degrees of success.
Todays visit we talk about how masking manifests itself. We also visit some troublesome ideas and some ways to stop masking and just be ourselves.
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Sudden Impacts and the Neuro-Diverse Marriage PART THREE
In the Neuro-Diverse relationship, sudden changes and hard impacts can really test yourself and your relationship.
This podcast is the final part of the three part series. As we finish exploring all the ways a sudden impact in your life, just such an impact was delivered to my wife and I in the for of a cancer diagnosis.
But it wasn't just the diagnosis that made the sudden impacts so hard on either the person on the spectrum, or on the Neuro-typical partner. It was the way the scenario played out, the ER, the surgery, the constant overload of doctors, nurses and a whole host of physical, sensory and emotional traumas in between.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode deals with serious medical conditions and cancer. If this is a subject that is particularly painful for you, please skip this podcast.
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MASKING and Neurodiverse Relationships Pt.1
This subject is one those that impacts the relationship dynamic in almost every encounter. We felt this was important enough to review and then talk about how this effects the Neurodiverse relationship.
"Masking" is one of the many ways that those of us on the Spectrum hide ourselves from others. We try to hide our autistic tendencies so that people in the Neurotypical world see us as one of them. It's a method of acceptance we have been doing most of our lives with varying degrees of success.
Todays visit we talk about how masking manifests itself and how to handle different scenarios where masking becomes part of things. We also visit some troublesome ideas and some ways to stop masking and just be ourselves in a relationship close to someone else.
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